Absence of atherosclerotic lesions in the thoracic aorta indicates absence of significant coronary artery disease

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 77, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1118-1121

  Parthenakis, Fragiskos ^a   Skalidis, Emmanuel ^a   Simantirakis, Emmanuel ^a   Kounali, Daphne ^a   Vardas, Panos ^a,b   Nihoyannopoulos, Petros ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF IRAKLION   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACIC AORTA; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0029995979     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(96)00146-4     Document Type: Article

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